Lazenby adds, “I want to stress that what I hear is only talk about Kupchak. But in the past you'd never even hear such talk.”

Lazenby has written extensively on the Lakers, including books about Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson and Jerry West.

The Lakers have been struggling, particularly on the road. After Saturday’s loss in Milwaukee, the Lakers are 1-7 away from home this season, and have lost four of their last five overall and five of their last seven. If the playoffs were to have started on Sunday, the Lakers, in ninth place in the West, would be on the outside looking in.

“I have no knowledge whatsoever as to why Kupchak would leave. But the losses alone begin to mount up, with people he's worked with for years,” Lazenby tweets.

Lazenby doesn’t not believe, however, Kupchak’s departure would be good for L.A. “Lakers fans better hope it's merely talk,” he writes. “Much maligned in the past, Kupchak is a great, great GM+a great stabilizing force in crazyland.”